Short circuit
Short circuit stands for:
- in technology, the reduction of a resistance or an impedance to or near zero:
- electrical short circuit in electrical engineering
- acoustic short circuit in the acoustics, a reduction in sound radiation
- Hydraulic short-circuit (hydrogeology) , an exchange of water between superimposed groundwater levels
- Hydraulic short circuit (membrane technology) , a leak between the permeate side and the retentate side of a filtration unit
- Hydraulic short circuit (hydropower) , a technique for regulating pump operation in pumped storage power plants
- Irrational act , an emotional movement to action from an affective leads out
- Tatort: Kurzschluss , a film by Wolfgang Petersen from the Tatort series
- Kurzschluss (ARTE) , a television program about and with short films
- Weather short-circuit , mine weather that is lost.
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Wiktionary: short circuit - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations